Notes de cours : Approche psychobiologique et neuropsychologie

Vocabulary flashcards covering the biological and neuropsychological approaches in psychology, key historical researchers, and biological influences on mental processes.

Psychobiological approach (Approche psychobiologique)

An approach in psychology aimed at establishing the link between the psychological and biological aspects of studied phenomena, originating in the late 19th century and expanding in the mid-20th century.

Key figures of the psychobiological approach

Prominent researchers cited in the development of psychobiology: Lashley, Penfield, Milner, and Sacks.

Neuropsychology (Neuropsychologie)

A branch of psychology focused on the relationship between mental functions and specific identified brain structures through the study of brain-injured patients.

Cérébrolésés (Brain-injured patients)

Individuals who have suffered a brain injury, whose study allows neuropsychologists to link damaged brain structures to specific mental functions.

Biological influence on psychology (Tavris and Wade, 2014)

The principle that human behavior, temperament, emotions, memories, perceptions, and mental disorders are directly shaped by bodily and brain functioning.

Biological factors influencing psychological functioning

The physiological elements listed as shaping human psychology: brain structures, sensory organs, genes/heredity, hormones, neurotransmitters, and neurons.

Levels of organization (Le Cerveau à tous les niveaux)

The five structural and functional levels used to analyze the brain from simple to complex: social, psychological, cerebral, cellular, and molecular.